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Wheat Cakes

Low concern

Wheat cakes are typically high-glycemic refined or whole-wheat snacks; whole-wheat versions provide fiber but most commercial varieties are mainly starch with rapid digestion. Wheat is one of the FDA's nine major allergens and contains gluten, contraindicated for celiac disease.

Found in

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What it is

Puffed or baked cake-shaped products made primarily from wheat grains.

Snack food, low-fat carbohydrate base.

Why it's flagged

wheat is an FDA-recognized major allergen
contains gluten (unsuitable for celiac/NCGS)
high glycemic load if puffed/refined

What regulators actually say

"The 9 major food allergens identified by the FDA are: milk, eggs, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame."

FDA Food Allergies — fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Wheat is a major food allergen requiring labeling under FALCPA

European Union — EFSA

Wheat/gluten is a labeled allergen under EU Regulation 1169/2011

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